20080940 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080815

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
August 15, 2008
DWQ# 08-0940
Alleghany County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7008 0150 0002 7876 8102
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Carl Edwards
226 Big Pine Lane
Glade Valley, NC 28627
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application
Dear Mr. Edwards:
On July 9, 2008, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received a complete "after the fact"
application for a 401 General Water Quality Certification to impact 130 linear feet of stream to construct a road
crossing for the Millard Edwards Estate near Sparta in Alleghany County. Additional information is required in
order that we may determine your project's compliance with 15A NCAC 2H.0500. The DWQ will require this
information in order to process your application to impact protected wetlands and/or streams on the subject
property. Therefore, we will place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional
information, and if we do not receive the additional information requested below, we will have to move toward
denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H.0506. Please provide the following information so
that we may continue to review your project.
1. Per the cover letter submitted with your application, it is noted that this work was undertaken in
order to improve the road for subdivision of property. Please provide us with a PLAT of the
complete project (lot lines shown) as well as a complete identification of all jurisdictional areas
(streams and wetlands) within the project boundary.
2. Please provide a drawing of the road impact area that clearly defines the limits of all streams
and wetlands in the area of the impacts. The original drawing clearly showed two streams, and
the resubmitted drawing shows streams and wetlands but does not clearly show the boundaries
of the wetland. The Division will require confirmation by the USACE as to whether the
impacts will be considered multiple stream channels or one stream channel with adjacent
wetland areas.
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 585 Waughtown Street Phone [phone] Customer Service
Winston-Salem Regional Office Winston-Salem, NC 27107 Fax [phone]
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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Mr. Carl Edwards
Millard Edwards Estate
August 15, 2008
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Please respond in writing within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter by sending a copy of this information
to Sue Homewood at the address on this letterhead, and a copy to Ian McMillan N. C. Division of Water
Quality, Wetlands/401 Certification Unit, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. If you will not
be able to provide the requested information within that timeframe, please provide written confirmation that you
intend to provide the requested information, and include a specific timetable delineating when the requested
materials will be provided. If we do not hear from you in 30 calendar days, we will assume that you no longer
want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as returned.
This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands, waters or
protected buffers. Please be aware that any impacts requested within your application are not authorized (at
this time) by the DWQ. If you have any questions, please contact Sue Homewood, DWQ, Winston-Salem
Regional Office, at 336-771-4964 or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Steve W. Tedder
Regional Supervisor
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
cc: Amanda Jones, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Henry Hobson, Environmental Design, 1671 Golf Course Rd, Sparta, NC 28675
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
DWQ Central Files